Blashill emerging as one of the top candidates for Western hockey head job

KALAMAZOO - It looks like former Ferris State University goaltender and assistant hockey coach Jeff Blashill has become one of the top candidates to beco

Jeff Blashillme the new head coach at Western Michigan University.

Blashill, a native of Sault Ste. Marie who is remembered fondly by longstanding fans of Bulldog hockey, is one of the bright young coaches out there waiting for an opportunity. An article in the Kalamazoo Gazette, published by Graham Couch, cites Blashill as one of the leading candidates and perhaps the candidate who best fits the outlined criteria of the university and WMU Athletics Director Kathy Beauregard for the person who will become the next head coach of the Broncos.

Blashill is an excellent candidate and will make a fine head coach whether it's remaining with the Indiana Ice, moving on to Western Michigan or elsewhere. he is a highly respected hockey coach who will be an asset to whatever program his name is attached to in the future.

Kalamazoo Gazette, March 26: Jeff Blashill, the head coach and general manager of the United
States Hockey League’s Indiana Ice, best meets the criteria spelled out
in an athletics department document.

Miami University assistant Brent Brekke and
Colorado College assistant Joe Bonnett, both WMU alumni, also were
interviewed, Bonnett this past Monday.

The No. 1 requirement, as Beauregard and Co.
outlined, is “Previous head coach experience; preferably at the NCAA
Division I level or in the USHL.”

Blashill, as one would expect, declined to comment and said he was focused only on serving as the head coach and general manager of his current team.